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Penny, a Lhasa apso, sits backstage at the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Druze men speak during a rally at the village of Majdel Shams in the Golan Heights, on the Israeli side of the cease-fire line between Syria and Israel, to mark the day Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. Nir Elias/Reuters

A worker puts final touches to the giant head of the King of Carnival during preparations for the carnival parade in Nice, southeastern France. The 127th Nice Carnival starts on Feb. 18 and continues to March 8th and will celebrate King of the Mediterranean. Eric Gaillard/Reuters

A woman with her children walk past a poster with national team captain Shakib al-Hasan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mortaza has not been included in the 15-man squad for the World Cup due to an injury on his right knee. The event jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh begins on Feb. 19. Themba Hadebe/AP

A youth charges during a pillow fight in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid. The pillow fight was organized by a flash mob though the Internet and by cellphone messages. Paul White/AP

Silhouettes of artist James Hart Dyke (lower right) and a photographer (lower left) in a room with his paintings 'Waiting in the hotel room', right, 'Spies eat paper', center, and Espionage' on display in an exhibition 'A year with MI6' in Mount Street Gallery in London. Artist James Hart Dyke on Monday unveiled a series of paintings and drawings created during a year embedded with Britain's MI-6 intelligence agency, in an uncharacteristic act of openness for the secretive organization. Sang Tan/AP

Singer Katy Perry (l.) walks with her grandmother Ann Hudson on the red carpet as they arrive at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Danny Moloshok /Reuters

Bahrain youths demonstrate in front of the police in the capital, Manama. Small-scale clashes erupted in two Bahraini villages as security forces tightened their grip on Shiite communities for Monday's "Day of Rage" protests inspired by upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia. Helicopters circled over Manama, where protesters were expected to gather in the afternoon, and police cars stepped up their presence in Shiite villages, breaking up one protest with tear gas and rubber bullets. At least 14 people were injured in clashes overnight and on Monday. Hamad I Mohammed /Reuters

Carabinieri police officers check migrants boarding a ship for Porto Empedocle in Sicily, where they will be taken for document checks in Lampedusa. Italy wants to send its police forces to help Tunisia tackle immigration, as thousands of people fleeing the North African nation have reached Italian shores over the past few days. More than 4,000 migrants have landed on the tiny island of Lampedusa, fleeing turmoil in Tunisia following street protests and the ouster of longtime president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Daniele La Monaca/AP

Couples prepare to have their photos taken on their wedding day during Valentine's Day, at a maze garden outside the 1881 Heritage shopping arcade in Hong Kong. The arcade formerly housed Hong Kong's Marine Police and was built in 1884. Bobby Yip/Reuters

A Pakistani vendor selling balloons on Valentine's Day stands on a roadside waiting for customers in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A model waits backstage before the Tracy Reese fall 2011 show during Fashion Week in New York. Andrew Burton/AP

New Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz gestures during a ceremony in Tel Aviv. Gantz who was approved by Israel's cabinet on Sunday takes over the Israeli military on Monday. Gantz replaces Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, who stepped down after a tenure marked by high public approval ratings but tensions with Defence Minister Ehud Barak. Oded Balilty/AP

Christof Innerhoffer of Italy competes during the downhill part of the men's supercombined race during the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters

Sylvia Hoeks of the Netherlands poses for pictures during a presentation of Shooting Stars, a selection of upcoming actors, at the 61th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. An international jury has selected 10 young actors who have stood out in European cinema in recent years. The Berlinale International Film Festival runs from Feb. 10-to-20, 2011. Thomas Peter /Reuters

Pedestrians read riddles written on lantern decorations for the upcoming lantern festival outside a shopping mall in central Beijing. The lantern festival marks the last day of the Chinese lunar New Year celebrations and falls on Feb. 17 this year. Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

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Syrian state television put the number killed at 44 and said 21 others had been wounded in the attack on Mabouja.

ByReutersMarch 31, 2015

Islamic State fighters killed at least 37 people in a Syrian village near the city of Hama overnight, a group monitoring the war said, part of a pattern of attacks by the ultra-radical force in government-held areas of western Syria.